He said that thinking about the afterlife in new terms leads to thoughts about what it means to be alive, saying that for some people the book was "a call to arms" to look at their actions during their lifetime and how we they do them better.

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"I just wanted to make him aware that it's something I'm thinking about if he has any thoughts on it, " Cashman said.

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Taking some time thinking about your business, and working with your advisors to convert thoughts in to actions can yield big results.

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And they are all very much in our thoughts and our prayers, and we have to keep thinking about them, okay?

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"It's getting complex because I have so many thoughts about it and so many minutes of talking and thinking about it, " he said.

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But, on second thoughts, the guardsmen feel more cautious about the new defence thinking.

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Market lore like this is fun to talk about, but not something that you should let influence your investment thinking or anchor your future thoughts on stocks.

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Many professional investors make a habit of writing down their thoughts about specific investments so that they can later evaluate the way that they were thinking.

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